Chapter IV

ARMY UNDER LORD CATHCART AND SIR CHALONER OGLE.

NATURE OF THE CLIMATE ON THE SPANISH MAIN.

ADMIRAL VERNON SAILS TO CARTHAGENA.

EXPEDITION TO CUBA.

RUPTURE BETWEEN THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA.

A TREATY OF NEUTRALITY CONCLUDED WITH FRANCE FOR HANOVER.

A BODY OF FRENCH FORCES JOIN THE ELECTOR OF BAVARIA.

WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.

REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.

INACTIVITY OF THE NAVAL POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN.

REMARKABLE MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY LORD SOMERSET.

THE COUNTRY PARTY OBTAIN A MAJORITY IN THE COMMONS.

SIR ROBERT WALPOLE CREATED EARL OF ORFORD.

CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY.

INQUIRY INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.

THE ELECTOR OF BAVARIA CHOSEN EMPEROR.

THE KING OF PRUSSIA GAINS THE BATTLE AT CZASLAW.

EXTRAORDINARY RETREAT OF M. DE BELLEISLE.

THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FORMS AN ARMY IN FLANDERS.

PROGRESS OF THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.

THE KING OF SARDINIA DECLARES FOR THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA.

OPERATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES.

EXTRAORDINARY MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

BILL FOR QUIETING CORPORATIONS.

CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND THE ELECTOR OF HANOVER.

THE ENGLISH OBTAIN A VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH.

TREATY OF WORMS.

AFFAIRS IN THE NORTH.

BATTLE OF CAMPO-SANTO.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH FLEET.

FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS UPON THE SPANISH SETTLEMENTS.